[Leica] How to photograph a safari

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey at mchsi.com)]

While Nick Brandt's work is very dramatic, I find it very manipulated and 
kind of artificial, not my cup of tea.

gene

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 4:45:43 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: [Leica] How to photograph a safari

Wow Bob, that's brutal :-)

Well, it's hard for anyone to compete with Nick. The NYT photos are good,
not exceptional, but certainly in the category of nothing wrong with them.

On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the pointer Greg. Interesting. I actually like the 55mm opening
> shot the best, but then I'm more of a landscape person...
>
> IMO the photos are just so so. Kind of the "shots everyone takes" images.
> Don't know if you've ever seen the work of Nick Brandt (
> http://www.nickbrandt.com ). Of course few, if any, photographers can see
> and produce images as he's done. I do think, though, that I would try to
> break out of the "take the longest lens you can carry" approach.
>
> There is a very good interview in LensWork with Nick Brandt that I enjoyed:
> http://www.nickbrandt.com/UserImages/11/11129/file/Lenswork%20Nov%2005.pdf
> I also know that Jayanand produces some amazing images of wildlife that
> show more of their interaction with their environment. Tina has also shown
> some wonderful African safari images; one I particularly remember was of a
> group of lions taken with a WA lens. Buried somewhere deep in the LUG
> archives...
>
> At any rate, I think NYT article provides some thought provoking (for me
> anyway, as you can see by this post!) material. Mostly, for me, on what not
> to do...
>
> Again, thanks for posting. I found the article very useful, though perhaps
> not in the way the photographer intended.
>
> Best,
> Bob
>
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Greg Rubenstein <gcr910 at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
> > Spotted this in The New York Times Travel Section. Know there are some
> > safari-photo-folks on list and wanted to share this.
> >
> > Enjoy.
> >
> > Greg Rubenstein
> >
> > > How to Photograph a Safari
> >
> > > An expert lensman learns that a good zoom is key, but so is patience.
> >
> > >
> >
> http://travel.nytimes.com/2012/02/26/travel/a-photographers-tips-on-capturing-wildlife-in-kenya.html?nl=travel&emc=tda4
> > >
> > > Slide Show: Photographing on Safari
> >
> > >
> >
> http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/02/24/travel/26onassignment.html?nl=travel&emc=tda4
> >
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